MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – An Army battalion headed to Iraq got a warm sendoff.

The 167th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion includes 78 soldiers from 17 states and Puerto Rico. Thirty-two of them are from New Hampshire, where a farewell ceremony was held Saturday.

The group is being deployed to southern Iraq for a yearlong tour.


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